Paul, my sincerest apologies. Please forgive. I
misunderstood and misread as I see it was Hal Lindsay you were
repeating. Thanks for correcting me.

Thanks
to Nando, I did read what Kevin Drake wrote about Rick Warren which was
very good, regarding the false prophet. Warren was there for the
Presidential inaugural – virtually giving his blessing, as if from
“God”, to Obama, had various meetings with Obama over time, and hosted
the McCain/Obama debate.

Rick
Warren certainly did not choose to speak out against Obama even though
Obama is a fan of abortion, mentored by Jeremiah Wright, and his
belief’s are those of a long list of contradictions to scripture. I
see merit in the premise that Warren could be the candidate, especially
with regard to Warren’s statement about the 5 Fundamentals of the Faith
as being “legalistic” and “narrow”.

In
the past, I could easily see a Pope being the anti-Christ. The Pope is
a very high visibility leader and doubtfully a true Christian. But
overall, I think the false prophet does have to be someone that knows
the anti-Christ very well and I do not see a Pope that is going to
buddy up to Barry and do that and I think we have the Pope who right
now is probably going to be with us when Jesus returns. I greatly
respect Nando’s defense of the Catholic church, however, I personally
believe that the great apostate church is already all around us and it
includes the vast majority of the Catholic church the vast majority of
just about every Christian denomination that exists. Apostasy is
everywhere these last days, especially in America.

There is a scripture that reminds me of man’s tendencies:

Psalm 14:3 (New King James Version)

3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.

That
seems to be an fairly apt description of the American church as we see
if today. Most barely fit God into their lives one day a week for
little more than an hour or two, plus driving time. We live in a
“Christian” America that cannot wait until the sermon is over to spend
the rest of the day watching sports on television. It was not all that
long ago in this country where the Sabbath was considered holy:

“The
Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in September 1927 by a vote of 7 to 2
that Sunday commercialized baseball was “unholy” and a blatant form of
“worldly employment.” The court also held that continued playing of
Sunday baseball by the A’s would cause the club’s corporation franchise
to be revoked.”

My how times have changed.

I
personally have known so many Christians, over the years, that hold
season tickets for baseball, football, hockey, etc. I never knew one
of them that devoted as much time to God as they devoted to sports. I
don’t know of one of them that witnessed for Christ or could
competently share Jesus and disciple anyone.

These
days, almost all churches have accepted that they do not have to keep a
Sabbath anymore as it has something to do with living under the LAW.
It has nothing to do with living under the law. That is just a
misinterpretation out of Colossians. The Sabbath was made for man not
man for the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a gift from God that is necessary
for us to keep our heads on straight. That is the way God created us
that we need that 24 hours set apart to Him so we would be far more
able to seek Him.

But
what happens in America? A vast multitude of sports on the
weekend. (Amongst all the other distractions of the adversary)

Just
think of the tens of millions who never go to church because they are
employees of businesses who have to work on what should be the
Sabbath. These souls serve Christians at restaurants, ballparks,
theaters, businesses, etc. during the very time that Christians should
be making sure is devoted to rest with God.

The
visual to the unsaved, on American Christianity, is that it does not
look hardly different from the world, except for disappearing into the
building with a cross on it for an hour every week. After that it is
business as usual with the rest of the world. Shop till you drop and
cheer your favorite multi-millionaire athlete till your voice is hoarse.

Don’t
misunderstand me, folks, this writing is not just about a Sabbath being
the scriptural thing to do. People are quite capable of observing the
Sabbath and being apostate. And, no, I do not go to a church that
teaches keeping the Sabbath. But this is my observation on just one
facet of what the apostate church looks like. Not keeping God’s
Sabbath has led untold tens of millions to simply walk away from God
and never give Him a chance. Imagine the millions who would be more
able witness if that whole 24 hours was dedicated to the Lord, praying,
studying His Word, etc…

I
was listening to an audio, recently, of either A.W. Tozer or Leonard
Ravenhill (these “old guys” are on YouTube) which estimated the percent
of true Christians in America at 5% or less. And that was many years
ago! Imagine what a vastly different country America would be if 80%+
were actually true, bible believing, spirit filled Christians! Then
children could pray in schools where they are taught God’s Word’s
principals and His creation of the heavens and the earth, the flood of
Noah, and on and on, like they were taught a century ago. To sum up,
when it gets right down to it, I do not see tens of millions of
Christians on their knees in their prayer closets seeking the guidance
of the Holy Spirit in their life every day all the day long. For if
they were, this country would be a vastly different place.

It
might seem I am off on a tangent but I am sure this condition of the
American church is all part of the great apostasy and the false prophet
epitomizes that great apostasy. He is a defender of the great
apostasy. Appearing as another angel of light that seeks to witness to
the anti-Christ who outwardly promotes everything not biblical as it is
were indeed the truth and “A OK”.

I
can hear them (anit-Christ and false prophet) saying “Keep those sheep
eating and drinking from my table. Don’t want them keeping God’s
commandments and trying to walk on the straight and narrow path…”

It
is a historical fact that early Christians had virtually nothing to do
with sports, theaters, stadiums, or anything that did not glorify God.
They witnessed in the streets and everywhere but did not participate in
expressly secular pleasures. And that went on for almost 3 centuries
and the Romans could not beat them so the Romans made peace, joined
them, took them in. Then things started going downhill quickly.

So
to all you watchmen out there, stand fast. Separate yourselves from
the ways of the world. Warn people in churches that the Lord comes
like a thief in the night and only those prepared with oil in their
lamps go with Him. And only those who are washed in the blood of the
Lamb will be saved. Give warning regarding the warning to the one
church, in the Revelation, that their garments are stained.

Ezekiel 33:5-7 (New King James Version)

5
He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood
shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 6
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the
trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’7
“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of
Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for
Me.

God bless our witness and all those that love and wait on His appearing,

Marshall

Paul Wilson (21 Dec 2010)"Re: Re Paul Wilson - Hal Lindsey"

Well
I was just reporting what Hal said. My question regarding the cardinal
and rabbi were aimed toward the ID of the FP. I haven’t heard any one
ID him yet.

Paul

Marshall (20 Dec 2010)"Re: Paul Wilson - Hal Lindsey"

Not
at all intending to pour cold water on your search, however, I find it
difficult, if not almost impossible, after reading the works of Ron
Reece, John Tng, and others on the front page – to even consider
another candidate as the anti-Christ, other Barack Obama. Their
numerical Gematria findings are absolutely astounding when I first read
them many months ago, and still are.

Marshall

Hal Lindsey

On
todays program he mentioned the Roman AC being a gentile political
leader with religious connections and the False Prophet as a Israeli
religious leader with political connections. He mention the beast of
the sea coming from the gentile nations or “sea” and the beast of the
land coming from Israel or “the land”. What are your thoughts on this??
Are there any cardinals from Israel?? Any important rabbis we should
look at???